Description

Job Description

1. Planning and discussing radiotherapy treatment plans in discussion with radiation oncologists and other staff.

2. Cooperates closely with Radiation Oncologist to add technical results to patient reports.

3. Training and advising other junior medical physicists and Radiation therapy technicians on new equipment

and protocols to achieve the best available practice.

4. Advising other health professionals, including radiotherapy technicians, nurses about standard Radiotherapy

clinical practice.

5. Discusses and negotiates with Radiation Oncologists to determine the best radiotherapy techniques and

planning for patients, in alignment with the latest evidence-based practices.

6. Processing complex patient images in radiotherapy planning verification treatment.

7. Acts as the on-call physicist, responding to problems and providing advice and technical assistance when

needed.

8. Researches new developments and techniques in radiotherapy practice according to evidence-based

practices and reviews existing local practices.

9. Advises on the procurement of new equipment when needed and helps initiate necessary changes.

10. Commissioning new equipment or upgrade available equipment to achieve the best current practice.

11. Monitoring equipment periodically to guarantee consistent output achieved and to ensure that regular

recommended maintenance done periodically as needed.

12. Develops policies for the operating equipment and ensures their implementation.

13. Establishing and implementing radiation safety policies and procedures as indicated by standard of care

guidelines and local authorities in radiotherapy department.

14. Providing quality control to all Radiation therapy equipment.

15. Performs dosimeter for radiotherapy machines.